Ready for one more bout of snow? Additional 1 to 3 inches possible before midnight

While the heavy snow that pounded the Harrisburg area earlier Thursday has turned over to sleet and rain, one last bout of snow is on the way tonight, meteorologists said.

Kevin Fitzgerald, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in State College, predicted heavy snow to pick back up toward about 7 p.m. from the Maryland border up through northern Dauphin County and out east. The snow will remain fairly steady until it finally tapers off by about midnight, Fitzgerald said.

"We're looking at additional accumulations of up to one to three inches, so it's note quite over yet," Fitzgerald said. "As for right now it's actually a light mixture of drizzle and there might even be a little bit of sleet mixed in, but we've got one last batch to get through tonight."

Temperatures Thursday night will dip as low as 24 degrees, which will likely feel colder with blustery gusts of wind possible up to 29 mph, according to the weather service's forecast website.

Friday will over a brief respite from the cloudy, snowy weather that dominated Wednesday and Thursday, according to the latest forecast models. Friday was expected to be mostly sunny with a high above freezing at 37 degrees and winds remaining blustery, with gusts up to 26 mph, the weather service predicted.

In spite of this, snow will once again be a possibility Friday night into Saturday, Fitzgerald warning. The chance for snow was at 70 percent Friday night and 50 percent Saturday.

"There's a low pressure system that's going to pass south of Pennsylvania that will probably bring a chance for some more snow to the area," the meteorologist said. "It might even be a one-to-three-type inch snowfall if you're in southern Pennsylvania, but it's not going to be a very big storm."

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